Lower fusion rates observed with Trabecular Metal versus Smith-Robinson for ACDF
Clinical and radiological evaluation of Trabecular Metal and the Smith-Robinson technique in anterior cervical fusion for degenerative disease: A prospective, randomized, controlled study with 2-year follow-upEur Spine J. 2010 Mar;19(3):464-73. Epub 2009 Sep 18
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80 patients scheduled to undergo anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) were randomized to receive an application of porous tantalum metal (TM) trabecular graft or the standard Smith-Robinson (SR) iliac crest autograft. Patients treated with TM were observed to have lower fusion rates compared to those treated with SR. Both treatments had similar clinical outcomes in the 2 year study pe...
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